September 20th, 2010
The new android HRP-4, left, walks beside its previous models during a press conference in Tsukuba. Its makers—Kawada Industries and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology—hope the new robot will help ease Japan’s labor shortage.
新しいアンドロイドはのHRP – 4、左、その前のモデルの横にあるつくば市の記者会見で歩いている。そのメーカー-川田産業と総合研究所産業科学技術は、新しいロボットは、日本の労働不足を緩和することを期待します。
Atarashii andoroido wa no HRP – 4, hidari, sono mae no moderu no yoko ni aru Tsukuba-shi no kisha kaiken de aruite iru. Sono mēkā – Kawata sangyō to sōgō kenkyūjo sangyō kagaku gijutsu wa, atarashii robotto wa, Nippon no rōdō fusoku o kanwa suru koto o kitai shimasu.
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September 17th, 2010
“Boy” band Fudanjuku pose after performing at the Kiddyland toy store in Harajuku on Thursday. The group are an all-girl assemble who perform as “typical” Japanese school boys. Based in Nakano Broadway, they typically attract crowds of over 1,000 for their shows. Kiddyland Harajuku will undergo reconstruction through the summer of 2012.
“少年は、”バンドFudanjuku木曜日に原宿でキディランド玩具店で実行した後にポーズ。グループは、すべての少女たちの”典型的な”日本の学校の男の子を実行アセンブルをされます。中野ブロードウェイに基づいて、彼らは通常、1000人以上のショーのための群衆を集めている。キディランド原宿は、2012年の夏からの復興を受けることになる。
” Shōnen wa,” bando Fudanjuku mokuyōbi ni Harajuku de kidirando omocha-ten de jikkō shita nochi ni pōzu. Gurūpu wa, subete no shōjo-tachi no” tenkei-tekina” Nippon no gakkō no otokonoko o jikkō asenburu o sa remasu. Nakano burōdou~ei ni motozuite, karera wa tsūjō, 1000-nin ijō no shō no tame no gunshū o atsumete iru. Kidirando Harajuku wa, 2012-nen no natsu kara no fukkō o ukeru koto ni naru.
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September 15th, 2010
A woman walks in front of an advertisement for a clothing store in Tokyo.
女性は東京で衣料品店の広告の前に歩いている。
Josei wa Tōkyō de iryō-hin-ten no kōkoku no mae ni aruite iru.
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September 12th, 2010
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September 2nd, 2010
Dolphin activist Ric O’Barry walks toward the U.S. embassy in Tokyo to present a petition bearing 1.7 million signatures against dolphin hunts on Thursday. The characters on the flag read “Save the dolphins in Japan.” O’Barry, 70, who is in Japan with about 60 of his supporters to protest Taiji’s dolphin hunt, told reporters that dolphin hunting is cruel and cannot be construed as culture.
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August 31st, 2010
Actress Kyoko Fukada, 27, takes part in a fashion show by toymaker Takara Tomy to publicize the “rebirth” of its Jenny doll.
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August 30th, 2010
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Hiroaki Tanaka of Japan, right, battles Russia’s Alan Karaev during the final of the men’s heavyweight sumo wrestling competition at the Combat Games in Beijing on Sunday. Karaev won the gold medal, with Tanaka taking the silver. The Combat Games are being held through Sept 4, with about 1,600 athletes from 60 countries competing in 13 sports.
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August 20th, 2010
Customers enjoy a drink and some respite from the outside heat at Icebar Tokyo in Ginza. Nearly 180 people stop at the bar daily to cool off in minus 5 degrees Celsius temperatures. The bar is located at Ginza 8-5-15 SVAX GINZA 1F.
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August 16th, 2010
A man looks up at a menu signboard outside a restaurant at a shopping district in Tokyo. I don’t have to worry about not being able to read the menu when I forget to bring my reading glasses !
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August 14th, 2010
Participants march at the Pride Parade in Tokyo on Saturday. The march was held to aim at making Japanese society more understanding toward the country’s gay, lesbian and transsexual communities.
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July 31st, 2010
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Care robot YURINA carries a man at a demonstration during ROBOTECH, an exhibition on service robot manufacturing technologies, in Tokyo. YURINA is a device for moving elderly and disabled people to and from beds and chairs.
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July 20th, 2010
An intense gaze from a man participating in the Okinawa festival in Nakano.
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July 18th, 2010
An illuminated float which is traditionally shown at the Aomori Nebuta Festival in northeastern Japan, is carried by people past paper lanterns during the four-day Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. The floats are covered with painted Japanese paper and lit from the inside with light bulbs
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July 11th, 2010
Bouygues Telecom team rider Yukiya Arashiro of Japan leads the pack during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Tournus and Station des Rousses on Saturday.
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July 6th, 2010
Japan’s first banana vending machine has been installed in Shibuya, near the Hanzomon Line gate. Dole says the bananas have sold out every single day since the machine’s debut on June 23. The cost is 130 yen for a single banana and 390 yen for a 600-gram bunch containing four to five pieces of fruit. Dole says it plans to sell other fruit products in vending machines in locations like universities and office buildings.
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